Retired U.S. Army Special Forces Captain Gary 'Mike' Rose stands before the Medal of Honor flag at a Pentagon ceremony in October 2017. Rose received the nation's highest military honor for his extraordinary heroism as a medic during Operation Tailwind, a covert 1970 MACV-SOG mission deep into Laos, where he repeatedly braved enemy fire to treat and evacuate wounded teammates despite his own injuries. Project: 219443